Wire-reeling attachment



Jan. 9, 1951 J, FRIES ETAL 2,537,522

WIRE-REELING ATTACHMENT Filed Aug. 26, 1949 I INVENTORS, v J4 COB 80/4 4655, w Z5 JAKE i e/5,

Z8 Z7 BY Z4 %-)//MM,& /mm 4m 147'7'0E/VE VS Patented Jan. 9, 1951 UNITED STATES "PATENT OFFICE Jake Fries and Jacob Schlagen Culbertson, Nebr- Application August 26, 1949, Serial No. 112,532 t duced at a relatively low cost without sacrifice of efiiciency and ruggedness.

Another important object of our invention is the provision of a device of the above-indicated character which is adapted to fit the wheel axlesof a variety of tractors of the type usually em-'' ployed on farms withouttroublesome or compli cated adjustments. H

Other important objects and advantageous features of our invention will be apparent from the following description and accompanying drawings, wherein, merely for present purposes of illustration, a specific embodiment of the in-'* vention is set forth in detail.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is an outboard side elevation showing the device attached to a tractor wheel axle and wire reeled thereon through the guide;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a transverse vertical section taken on the line 33 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a vertical longitudinal section taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the numeral 5 generally designates a conventional tractor or other motor-vehicle-driven wheel having a power take-off axle B projecting outwardly therefrom and formed with a plurality of longitudinal slots or keyways I, on which axle is remov- 4 Claims. (Cl. 242-95) spool flanges l8 and I9, which are spaced inwa'rdly from the related inner and outer ends 29 and 2|, respectively, of'the tubular portion H.

The tubular portion I1 is shorter than the ex-' tension axle 9, so that when the inner end 20 of the reel portion I1 is engaged with the outer end 22- of the socket enlargement l0, the outer end 2! of the reelportion I1 is spaced inwardly from the outer end 23 of the extension axle 9.

I'Ihe outer end of the reel portion I1 is formed with apair of diametrically-opposed holes 24, 24 to accommodate a headed 'bolt 25; The outer end portion of the extension axle 9 is formed with inner diametrically-aligned holes 26, 26 and outer diametrically-alignedholes 21, 21 through which the bolt 25 can be selectively extended and its nut 28 tightened to hold the bolt in place. The innereend of the reel portion I! is formed'with' a pair of alignedbolt holes 29, 29 to pass a bolt 30 which is selectivelypassedthrough aligned holes 3| and 32 provided in the inner portion or the extension axle 9.

When the reel spool l5 is to be secured non-f rotatably on the extension axle 9, as when reeling wire onto the spool, the bolt 30 is passed through the reelfaxle holes'29, 2,9 and through either of the paired holes' 31,32 in the inner end of'the extension axle 9, and the bolt nut 34 is tightened, as shown in Figure 4. The bolt 25 may, if desired, be similarly used in theholes" 26 and 21 at the'outer end of the extension axle- 9. When the spool I5 isto turn freely on the extension axle 9, as when unreeling wire from the device, the bolts 30 and 25 are removed from the extension axle holes and the reel axle holes 29, 29 and 24, 24 and placed instead through the outer extension axle holes 3|, 3| and 21, 21 and the nuts 34 and 28 tightened. This permits the being confined on theextension axle 9.

5. In the form illustrated in the drawings, the

bore I I of the socket i0 is smaller than the bore of the extension 9, so that an internal shoulder I2 is defined for abutment with the outer end of the axle 6. A pair of longitudinally-aligned set screws i3, 3 are threaded through an en- The reel spool IE on which the barbed or other vwire Iii is adapted to be reeled, comprises the tubular portion I? rotatably and slidably receivinglthe extension axle 9 therethrough, and the in-' ner and .buter axially-spaced, convex-concave spool l5 to turn freely on and have some endwise movement on the extension axle 9 while.

into the ground 31 at the working side of the attachment ,8, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, and preferably on a line passing through the middle of the spool I5. Welded at 38 on the upper ends of the rods 36, 36 is a horizontal, forwardlytapering guide tube 39. The guide tube is adapted to be adjusted to a level slightly above the level of the spool axle I! with the wire [9 secured to the spool and passing horizontally l qllghthe guide tube in reeling operations.

From 'the foregoingit will be obvious that with the driven wheel 5 jacked up above the ground 31 and the attachment 8 including the guide 35 in place, as shown in Figures 2 and 4, rotation of the wheel and its axle B by operation of the vehicle engine will rotate the reel spool l5 and reel the wire is thereon, When the device is adjusted as hereinabove explained, for free rotation of the reel spool, the wire l5 can be unreeled freely whether the. wheel and its axle G are rotating or are stationarp, eitherby drivingzthe tractor along the desired route andthereby laying the wire I6, or with the tractor stationary, pulling the wire 16 over the desired route.

We claim:

1. A wire-reeline attachment for the driven wheel axle of a motor vehicle,"comprisingan-extension axle having a socket orr its inward-send to telescope onto said wheel axle, means for removably securing said socket on said axle for rotation therewith, a wire spool odmprisina a tubular axle havingssnacedssooolflangestthereon, said spool axle'tbeinezshorter than: said :extensionraxle aand ro-tatabixand: slidablyiournaledon said-extension axle, zand rrretaining :means acting between the outer ends of saidextensionandspool axles, said retainingcineans being: adjustable-relative to said extension and speed axles to, ,afirst positionin which-saidspool :is locked against rotation and sliding:relativel-to-said extension axle and to a second: positioninswhich saidspool is freedv for mtation-and sliding relativetosaid extension axle and is retained onsaidextensioniaxle.

axles to, retain saidreelionrsaid,extension axle, andqn eans aetingebetween the inner ends, of said and. spool axles; being adjustable,- relato said extensioneand: spools-axles: to a first in which said sspool is locked :against rotation sand sliding relative tolsaid extension arleand' tofarsec-ond: positions-in which said. spool is: freed ztor-rotationand sliding relative to said extensicmaxle and: iszretainedonsaid extension, axle. V I

3. A wire-reeling attachment, comprising a socket arranged to receive a driven axle, means on said socket to removably lock the same on said driven axle, an extension axle projecting outwardly from said socket, a wire-reeling spool comprising a tubular axle rotatably and slidably mounted on said extension axle having spaced spool flanges, means on the outer end of said extension axle for retaining the spool thereon, said spool axlebeing shorter than said'extension axle and'formed at its'inner end with a pair of diametrically-aligned holes, the inner end of said spool axle holes, and with an outer pair of dia- :m'etrically-aligned' holes spaced outwardly from .1Saidin11erv pairho-f, holes, and a pin selectively entQ-retainasaid ispool against rotationiand sliding relative-to said extension axle.

-.-4. A wireereel-ing attachment, comprising :a socket :arranged to receive a driven "axle, means on saidsocket to removabl-y lock thesame-on said with :a main of ,diametricallyealigned' holes, the

inner end of said extension axle'belng formed with an. inner pair ofdiametrically-aligned holes registrableuwiththespool-axle'holes, and with spool against rotationand sliding'relative to said extension axle, .said, pin comprising a. bolt having a head on one end anda removable nut threaded on the opposite end and having a shank passing through the related holes.

JAKE FRIES.

JACOB SCI-ILAG-ER.

No references cited. 

